“I strongly urge industry to follow this new safety alert and immediately begin phasing out the use of DOT-111 rail cars for shipping crude oil. But we cannot rely on voluntary industry action alone to protect the safety of New Yorkers, and the Administration must finish its work to implement a final rule to permanently ban the shipment of crude oil on DOT-111 cars.”

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